Health Alert US

Arthritis is the term used to refer to a group of conditions that cause joint pain and inflammation. Medical treatment can help but there...

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more than dealing with “cabin fever” or feeling down when the weather turns cold. It’s a depression that occurs with the changing of seasons and affects millions of Americans, including children, each year. The most affected by it see their depression return each fall, with symptoms worsening in the winter [...]

Next time you toast to your health, you might want to make it a water. American drinkers are boozing more, according to two new studies this month, and that’s leading to more alcohol-related deaths. Thanks to our ballooning benders, 73,000 Americans died from liver disease and other alcohol-related illnesses in 2017 — more than double [...]

ATLANTA -- Cora O'kelley suffers from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) and has been waiting for a liver transplant for over a decade. “I don’t know when and if I’ll get a liver,” O'kelley said. O'kelley is number six on the transplant list for her blood type in Georgia, but a new policy from the [...]

A baby born to a woman with the coronavirus tested positive for the illness 30 hours after birth, raising the possibility that pregnant women may be able to pass the virus onto their unborn children, Chinese doctors said. The baby, who was born Feb. 2, is being treated at Wuhan Children Hospital and is in [...]

For most Americans, the highlight of February was Valentine’s Day. But as the cards are tucked away and the roses are beginning to wither, many remain unaware that American Heart Month is coming to end. I wish heart disease would come and go like Valentine’s Day, but it lives on without reprieve. As the father [...]